Facebook's self-hosted Instant Articles have been dropped from Facebook Messenger. The faster-loading, mobile-optimized versions of articles will still be available in the main Facebook app, just not in the company's messaging tool. While Facebook launched Instant Articles promising much, publishers have failed to see the income they would have hoped for from articles presented in this way. This has been blamed on it being much harder to track Instant Article Content. See also: Facebook tests Instant Video downloading over Wi-Fi to save your data Facebook hit with €1.2 million fine for Spanish privacy violations Speaking to TechCrunch, a Facebook spokesperson…
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